Much interest currently exists in spintronics, in which the aim
is to manipulate and use the electron spin in transport processes. This has
also enhanced interest in the transport properties of
ferromagnet-superconductor mesoscopic structures. The recent observation and
succesful fabrication of S/F/S ’p-junctions’ (Josephson junctions where the
F-layer rotates the order parameter over p) was followed by a host of experimental and
theoretical activities. Among others, this led to several new magneto-electronic
concepts such as the superconducting spin switch and the triplet order
parameter which can be induced in a ferromagnet. Such concepts may furnish
novel perspectives for superconducting spintronics and spin entanglement
schemes. However, at the moment it is fair to say that the number of relevant
experiments is far outdone by the number of theoretical calculations and
predictions. It is the aim of the workshop to bring together experimentalists
and theorists working in the field, in order to help identify the key questions
and experimental verifications.